2359 - Side (double siglos Athena/Apollo) over Aspendus (wrestlers/slinger) (Monnaies d’Antan, 19, May 2016, 223)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2359


400 BCE - 380 BCE | Pamphylian legend

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_1794_-_Side.png [1]
Overstruck variety
Aspendus_athletes-slinger_(incuse_square).jpeg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Monnaies d’Antan, 19, 21 May 2016, 223 ; Rauch, 96, 10 Dec. 2014, 103

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Athena standing left, wearing chiton and helmet, holding owl in her right hand and resting left hand on shield behind which stands spear. In lower field left, pomegranate. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Pamphylian legend Apollo standing left, naked, holding laurel-branch in his right and bow in his left.In left field, alta. In right field, raven on ground. All within incuse square.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Side Ancient regionAncient region. Pamphylia Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: Persian Empire
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 380 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.6710.67 g <br />10,670 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Persian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Callataÿ 2018b, p. 142, n° 21 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 372, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien2SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4767, Atlan 19673Atlan 1967, V. 50-74, SNG France 34SNG France 3, n° 632-640, Callataÿ 2018b5Callataÿ 2018b, p. 142, n° 21
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Two naked athletes, wrestling, grasping each other by the arms ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Slinger advancing right, about to discharge his sling, before, triskeles above F, ESTFEDIIY behind, all in dotted square (visible on reverse: incuse square with a dotted border and the end of the extended hand of the slinger as well as the shoulder and part of the head)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Aspendus Ancient regionAncient region.  Pamphylia Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Persian Empire
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 420 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org, Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : double siglos Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 180-235, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien2SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4502-4570, SNG France 34SNG France 3, n° 44-110
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: nb: no mention of overstrike

References

  1. a b  Breitenstein, Niels (1955), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 31, Lycia-Pamphylia.
  2. a b  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Pamphylien. 11 Heft (n° 4477-4893), Berlin, 1965.
  3. ^  Atlan, Sabahat (1967), Untersuchungen über die sidetischen Münzen des V. und IV. Jahrhunderts v. Chr., Ankara, 181 p., 12 pl.
  4. a b  Levante, Edoardo [with the collaboration of Peter Weiss] (2001), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France. 3, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques : Pamphylie, Pisidie, Lyaconie, Galatie, Paris-Zürich, Bibliothèque nationale de France-Numismatica Ars Classica, XXXIV + 293 p. and 146 pl.
  5. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2018), “Overstrikes on Pamphylian and Cilician silver sigloi (5th-4th c. BC)”, in O. Tekin (ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Congress of the Anatolian Monetary History and Numismatics in the Mediterranean World, 5-8 January 2017 Antalya, Antalya, 2018, p. 131-150.